Winter Wonderland - Member Challenge Part III

The last but certainly not the least of our amazing entries!
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Snowfall

by Leanne Chahley

My quilt  is about 49" square. She is made from Essex Linen, Kona Cottons and Oakshott cottons which have a white warp thread making them muted.  The design is my own and is part of a series of quilts that I have been making which I call my cycles series.

by Geesje Baron

I free form cut and raw edged applied shapes of various elements to a scrap raw edge pieced background. I used a variety of white and off whites in a wide assortment of fabrics. Embellished with lace and beads. A frosted window pane was the inspiration of this quilt using my own photo.

What I Love About Winter

by Lynne McCulloch

It is based upon a drawing of mine that I created after a wintry drive in the area near Burlington.  The time is late afternoon and the view is looking along the shores of a small creek with a forested area in the background.  The medium with which I started is watercolour, enhanced by watercolour chalks, Angelina fibres and thread painting.  

by Valerie Tucker

Photo is of a snow ghost at the top of the Snow Ghost Chair at Big White, Kelowna, BC, where I spend winters downhill skiing.
Made from one of my photos printed on canvas by London Drugs.

Snowmania

by Stephanie Alcock

 I hand-cut paper stencils, laid them on marbled dark blue/black fabric, then sprayed over with fabric paint. The snowflakes are quilted with silver metallic thread, and there are scrolls/spirals free-motion quilted over the rest of the quilt. The snowflakes are embellished with a thin wash of opalescent, fine-glitter paint and pearl droplets.

Snow Day

by Cynthia Frenette

The design is my own, made of improvisation pieced scrappy circles with fused appliqué retro style snowflakes attached, and topped with hand stitching and  loads of sequins and sparkle, like glittery snow. 

Glacier Nights

by Deyanne Davies

The design for the quilt is from a "Sew Together" Pattern by Betty Oswell, Kamloops B.C.

It was a fun challenge to machine quilt something different in each of the design areas.  The McKenna Ryan fabric and beads give the feeling of a crisp, sparkling magical winter's night.

by Ruth Quinn

Copyright information-this is a piece originally made by Susan Brubaker Knapp but she has given me  permission to make my own copy. I love snowflakes.  Each one is so individualistic and unique that it amazes me.  It is thread sketched and bound with a zigzag stitch around the edges. 

by Carol Bowie

I live in Halfmoon Bay, BC on the west coast.  This 5.75" x
9.5" wall quilt is an original design from a photo taken by Michael Snook in

January 2014.  A female Annas hummingbird, wintering over.  She is puffed up

and tucked amidst bare branches to keep warm.  Painted background, couched

fabric & yarn on background, free motion stitched hummingbird (with a black

bead eye)

Winter Sunrise On The Lake

by Maggie Butterfield Dickinson

This winter landscape image, enlarged from one of my photographs, was dye painted on PFD fabric, cured and rinsed, sandwiched and thread painted with an assortment of cotton and polyester threads. I love the splashes of colour on a such a grey and cold winter morning. I learned this technique from Hollis Chatelain.

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by Lauren MacDonald

Which Way to Costa Rica?  This wall hanging was inspired by a mini-quilt in "Pretty Little Mini Quilts" (ISBN-10: 160059493X ISBN-13: 978-1600594939).  The toucan has been blown off-course to Northern Canada!  He's looking at the snowflakes all around wondering how to get back home!

by Rolanda Tovey

I'm sending this photo of my wallhanging, one of a series of seasonal patterns from "Seasonal Patchwork & Quilting" by Colette Wolff. I'm like the kitty in the window, I much prefer to be inside during the winter. I've named this "Winter waiting at the window".

by Heather Myers

I’ve had a scene in my mind for years after living in the North – winter meadows, covered in snow, rippled and tucked like a quilt.  Little animal footprints, stitching their way across the snow, nipping and tucking amongst the bushes and shadows.

by Janet Barker

I created this small wall hanging using a Christmas card for inspiration. I was taking a landscape course and wanted to tackle a small project so that it would actually get done. This is not exactly a landscape, but I was able to try out techniques taught in the course.  The background was graded using colourwash inks and then the cardinal and bird feeder were added using machine appliqué.  The tree branches were added using raw-edge appliqué.  Thread painting was used to complete the picture.  I then used netting and quilted loops to try to simulate the falling snow around the cardinal.

by Janet Ulan

The photo is provided by Pat Jackson who kindly gave her permission to do the wall hanging, she has seen the finished product and is extremely happy with the result. I took artistic license by omitting the fence.

by Terry Aske

Starry Winter Night 2 is an abstract view of bare trees silhouetted against a dark and cold starry winter sky and snowy landscape.  Techniques: fused raw-edge applique, folded-edge applique, free-motion quilting.

I really enjoyed the spontaneous free-style design and construction of this quilt.  Normally I would have drawn a design, enlarged it to full size, and traced that to freezer paper or fusible web.  Due to time constraints, I cut all the pieces free-hand and just placed them on the background where they looked good.  I fused the background and layered the quilt.  Then I added the tree trunks (most of them have an extra layer of batting for added dimension) and quilted it. 

by Jaynie Himsl

When I started to select fabric for this project, I thought I was going to make an abstract pink quilt. The contrast of black winter nights and brilliant sun-on-snow days is my only expanation for the direction my design took. The fuschia spiral is the only colour remaining from my original idea. 　

by Beulah Caswell

February Thaw

This wallhanging was started in a workshop given by Leona Larsen of Saskatoon.  It was inspired by my own  photo of Troelsen Park taken February 2005 from our backyard gate.  The quilt includes applique, textural yarns, and Angelina fibres using commercial fabrics.  The free-motion embroidery is done with cotton and rayon threads.

by Brenda Macleod Raham

' Canadian Winter Weather'
I started hand stitching, then added stars to symbolize clear star nights. The hole indicates brief Chinook breaks from winter.

by Sylvia Courteau

Snowman Bright

Inspired by a Craft Sisters design, Simple Snowman, published on www.modabakeshop.com.

Our bee had a "Snowman Day" and we each produced our own interpretation of this design by Craft Sisters. 

Winter Wonderland - Member Challenge

When the Director at Large, Laine Canivet, put out a new challenge, she had no idea of the number of entries that would come pouring in.  Nor could she have ever imagined the stunning quilts that interpreted the theme of 'Winter Wonderland'.   

The quilts will be seen either on our blog or in 'The Canadian Quilter' magazine.

This is part 1 of the challenge entries.   These quilters have incredible talent.  

Thanks so much for our sponsor for the generous prizes!

 by Susan Wilson

This is a quilt I designed to try a new product – Charlotte’s Web by Superior Threads.  It made the machine appliqué process so much nicer, as there was no stickiness resulting from fusible web.

As I love winter and in particular crisp mornings, when I can get out for a bit of communing with nature on the local Nordic Ski Trails, this image represents winter for me.  The icing on the cake is when there are glittery snowflakes gently falling as I glide along alone with my thoughts! 

by Mary K Hopkins

This piece which I call "Calm After The Storm" is based on a copyright free photo with a background of my own design.

The materials used include organza, upholstery fabric, cotton, embroidery thread and paint.

I lived in the country for around ten years and the toil the winter took on all its inhabitants was cruel. The expression and body language of the doe seems to be one of weary but calm resignation.  I think most of we snow-bound people are feeling that about now.

by Heather Stewart

“Winter Challenge” with the Mahone Bay Quilting Bee and the Cove Quilters.  We were each given a piece of the sky fabric and some snowflake buttons and told to make a winter themed quilt.  We did several small quilt challenges over two years.  This was my favourite.

by Marg Conibear

"Winter at Honora"  is a winter scene at my "camp" on Manitoulin Island before the bay freezes over. This  scene also tells a story about the low level of the  Great Lakes. When this  dock was built it was barely above water. Now it sits high and dry - a reminder of the change.

by Sandra Betts

Cold, cold weather inspired the flight of the birds  to the warmth of the south. This original piece features free motion stitching and puff paints.

 by Kaaren L. Biggs

I call this 'Winter Weekends'.     It was made for my son who lives near Regina, SK and loves to snowmobile on the weekends.    This sofa-sized quilt is extra long since he is 6' 7" tall and it's meant for him to snuggle with after being out in the cold and snow!

 by Kay Dion

 This wallhanging depicts a common winter scene found near my home and is only my second attempt at a landscape quilt. I was inspired to begin after attending Quilt Canada in Halifax where I purchased this kit from the "Running Stitch", pattern is by Linda Hobbs. I substituted some of the fabric with my own, added the bright cardinal and other details with free motion quilting. The edges are finished with a facing rather than a traditional binding.

by Leah Gravells

Winter on the Prairies

 I have been inspired by the endless blue sky and the frozen land on the prairies. The telephone poles are the only distraction on the land. Blending 73 fabrics using 3/4" wide strips created this original design. The "quilt as you go" technique was used to piece the strips and finish the design.  I used raw edge appliqué to attach the telephone poles. 

by Rhoda Forbes

 I like the beauty and quietness that winter brings, and every now and then a shot of beautiful color, like the blue jay in my piece.  This piece is machine raw edge applique, I used Pebeo setacolor paints to enhance the fabric. 

by Kaaren L. Biggs
This is a table runner I made a couple of years ago because the scenic fabric seemed perfect for it! I have always wanted to own a log cabin in the woods and along with a cozy fireplace in the winter and my sewing machine.

by Kaaren L. Biggs

This is a wallhanging made with a product that was new to me - Fabric Magic by Pellon. It "shrinks" the layered fabric for a gathered look!

 by Pat Golem   

 This is an original piece called 'Frosty Windows'.  It is a digital photo taken out of my kitchen window and printed on fabric then thread painted and quilted.